Samuel Fuller's shack, Samantha Fuller's inspiration

Handout; Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times

Samantha Fuller, right, is making a documentary about her father, independent director Samuel Fuller, left. She's funding the film, "A Fuller Life," via Kickstarter. Fuller found inspiration from the "shack," a cranny in her father's house in the Hollywood Hills, where he worked on writing movies.

Samantha Fuller, right, is making a documentary about her father, independent director Samuel Fuller, left. She's funding the film, "A Fuller Life," via Kickstarter. Fuller found inspiration from the "shack," a cranny in her father's house in the Hollywood Hills, where he worked on writing movies. (Handout; Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Samantha Fuller, left, laughs as she and producer Gillian Horvat look through the "shack," where her father, Samuel Fuller, worked on writing movies. "I went back into the shack, cleaning up some spider webs and maintaining it to a minimum," Samantha Fuller said. "It dawned on me it would be the perfect setting to commemorate him."

Samantha Fuller, left, laughs as she and producer Gillian Horvat look through the "shack," where her father, Samuel Fuller, worked on writing movies. "I went back into the shack, cleaning up some spider webs and maintaining it to a minimum," Samantha Fuller said. "It dawned on me it would be the perfect setting to commemorate him." (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)